Héctor Vilches (14 February 1926 – 23 September 1998) was a

Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

, born in

Montevideo Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...

, who played for C.A. Cerro. For the

Uruguay national football team The Uruguay national football team (), nicknamed ''La Celeste'' ("The Sky Blue") and ''Los Charrúas'' ("The Charrúa, Charrúas"), have represented Uruguay in international men's Association football, football since their first international m ...

, he was part of the

1950 FIFA World Cup The 1950 FIFA World Cup was the 4th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held in Brazil from 24 June to 16 July 1950. It was the first Wo ...

winning team, but did not play in any matches in the tournament. In total he earned 10 caps for Uruguay. In his early days he played as a winger for his club, but he then became a

right back In the sport of association football, a defender is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categ ...

with the national team, but could play in both positions. He played his whole career with his local club C.A. Cerro. He retired in 1963.

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1926 births Uruguayan men's footballers Uruguay men's international footballers 1950 FIFA World Cup players FIFA World Cup–winning players C.A. Cerro players 1998 deaths Men's association football defenders 20th-century Uruguayan sportsmen Footballers from Montevideo {{uruguay-footy-defender-stub